The Human Traffic Signal本科的重点是通过课文的学习了解人类的生存状况，和我们面临的困难，激励学生努力学习来解决这些困难，同时学习文中Timoteo的为人民服务，做贡献的精神，在学习课文的时候，背诵，学习词汇，短语，学着分析文章中上下文之间的关系，快速概括本段的大意。
主要通过一步一步理解课文，大声阅读来解决重难点。
The RoadT: As everybody knows, people are likely to flock to coastal and flat areas to live and life in high mountain areas must be difficult. Today we will know something about that kind of life. Page 12 First part Find a title to match it.S The Road .T: Where is the road ?S : At 3,500 metres, in Bolivia .the highest capital in the world . Many roads in the mountains are in bad condition. One road in particular is called the most dangerous road in the world .T: How dangerous is the road?S: On one side the mountains rise steeply, on the other side there is a sheer drop, which in places is hundreds of metres deep.T:On such a road ,accidents must happen, what’s the rate of the traffic accidents?S: On average, one vehicle comes off the road every two weeks.T: Aren’t there any traffic regulations?S: Yes, there are. But in practice, few drivers respect the rules.T: Specific to this situation,, someone had to come out and solve the problem. That’s part II.T: Who is the man?S : Timoteo, a gentle 46-year-old man who lives in a village near the most dangerous part of the road.T: What is his Job?S: He is a human traffic signal.T: How did he direct the traffic?S: Every morning he climbs up to the bend with a large circular board in his hand.. The board is red on one side and green on the other side. When two vehicles approach from opposite directions ,they can’t see each other, but they can see Timoteo.T: How is his salary? And what do other drivers think of him?S: He has no salary, other drivers take him for granted.T: No salary, No praise, Why did Timoteo did the job? Part III What had he done before?S: a miner ,and a soldier.T: What happened one day?S: While he was working as a lorry driver he came off the road and fell three hundreds metres down the mountain.T: Did he die?S: No, he survived after months in hospital.T: Besides, another thing happened which completely thrilled his soul..Let’s take alook at what it was.S: In the night he was called out to help pull people out of a bus which had crashed. T: What did he think of? What decision did he make?S: He thought he was lucky to be alive and it was his mission to help others.T: From the little hero Timoteo what are supposed to be learned? That’s much for today.。
